"(b) For making, filing, and docketing the petition of a person for admission as a citizen and for the final hearing thereon, four pesos; and for entering the final order and the issuance of the certificate of citizenship thereunder, if granted, four pesos.

"SEC. 24. The declarations of intention and the petitions for naturalization shall be bound in chronological order in separate volumes, indexed, consecutively numbered, and made part of the records of the court. Each certificate of naturalization issued shall bear upon its face, in a place prepared therefor, the volume number and page number of the petition whereon such certificate was issued, and the volume number and page number of the stub of such certificate.

"SEC. 25. It shall be the duty of the fiscals for the respective provinces upon affidavit showing good cause therefor, to institute proceedings in the court of first instance in which the naturalized citizen may reside at the time of bringing the suit, for the purpose of setting aside and canceling the certificate of citizenship on the ground of fraud or on the ground that such certificate of citizenship was illegally procured. In any such proceedings the party holding the certificate of citizenship alleged to have been fraudulently or illegally procured shall have sixty days' personal notice in which to make answer to the petition of the Government; and if the holder of such certificate be absent from the Philippine Islands or from the province in which he last had his residence, or cannot be found such notice shall be given by publication in the manner provided for the service of summons by publication in sections three hundred and ninety-eight and three hundred and ninety-nine of the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions.

"SEC. 26. If any person not a native of the Philippine Islands who shall have secured a certificate of citizenship under the provisions of this Act shall, within five years after the issuance of such certificate, return to the country of his nativity, or go to any other foreign country, and take permanent residence therein, it shall be considered prima facie evidence of a lack of intention on the part of such person to become a permanent citizen of the Philippine Islands at the time of filing his application for citizenship, and, in the absence of countervailing evidence, it shall be sufficient in a proper proceeding to authorize the cancellation of his certificate of citizenship as fraudulent.

"SEC. 27. Whenever any certificate of citizenship shall be set aside or canceled, as herein provided, the court in which such judgment or decree is recorded shall embody the same in an order and shall send a certified copy of such order to the Executive Secretary; and in case such certificate was not originally issued by the court making such order it shall direct the clerk of the court to transmit a certified copy of such order also to the court out of which such certificate of citizenship shall have been originally issued. And it shall thereupon be the duty of the clerk of the court receiving such certified copy to enter the same of record and to cancel such original certificate of citizenship

upon the records and to notify the Executive Secretary of such cancellation.

"SEC. 28. Every person who falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, changes, or alters or causes or procures to be falsely made, forged, counterfeited, changed or altered or knowingly aids or assists in falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, changing or altering any certificate of citizenship, with intent to use the same, or with the intent that the same may be used by some other person or persons, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

"SEC. 29. The clerk of any court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings, or any person acting under authority of this Act, who shall knowingly certify that a petitioner, affiant, or witness named in an affidavit, petition, or certificate of citizenship, or other paper or writing required to be executed under the provisions of this Act, personally appeared before him and was sworn thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof or signed the same, when in fact, such petitioner, affiant, or witness did not personally appear before him, or was not sworn thereto, or did not execute the same, or did not acknowledge the execution thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment not to exceed five years.

"SEC. 30. Any person who knowingly procures or assists in procuring naturalization in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more than five thousand pesos, or shall be imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and the court in which such conviction is had shall thereupon adjudge and declare null and void the final order admitting the person to citizenship whose naturalization has been thus obtained.

"SEC. 31. No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any crime arising under the provisions of this Act unless the complaint or information is filed within five years next after the commission of such crime.

"SEC. 32. The blank certificates of citizenship and other forms required to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be prepared and provided by the Attorney-General.

"SEC. 33. For the purposes of this Act the city of Manila shall be regarded as a province.

"SEC. 34. The short title of this Act shall be "The Naturalization Act.'

"SEC. 35. This Act shall take effect on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen.”

The bill as herein recommended by your committe is the same as the bill passed by the Commission on January 25, 1913, with one slight amendment, to wit: Instead of specifying in four paragraphs

what natives of the Philippine Islands may become naturalized citizens thereof, the matter is covered in one paragraph by stating "Natives of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens thereof."

The bill passed by the Commission is more complete than that passed by the Assembly, not only as to the procedure for naturalization, but also as to the persons entitled to become naturalized. The Assembly bill, although containing provisions for the naturalization of foreigners who are not natives of the Philippine Islands, also provides that such provisions shall not become effective until Congress shall raise the restrictions existing at present with respect to the naturalization of certain aliens in these Islands. Your Committee sees no reason for such proposed postponement. Respectfully submitted.

To the Honorable,

GREGORIO ARANETA,

Committee on Matters Pertaining to the
Department of Finance and Justice.

the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

The report was accepted.

Assembly Bill No. 277 was thereupon read the second time and, together with the report of the standing committee thereon, referred to the Committee of the Whole.

It was considered in committee and reported back to the Commission with the recommendation that the amendment recommended by the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice be concurred in, and that as so amended the bill pass.

The amendment as recommended by the Committee of the Whole was adopted.

On motion by Commissioner Araneta, unanimously carried,

The bill was considered urgent under the provisions of Rule XIV, Rules of the Commission, and read the third time by title only.

The question then being upon its passage, the roll was called and the bill was unanimously passed.

Commissioner Araneta moved to amend the title to read as follows:

An Act to provide for the acquisition of Philippine citizenship. The motion prevailed and the title as amended was read and approved.

ADJOURNMENT.

Thereupon, at 11 o'clock and 25 minutes antemeridian, On motion by Commissioner Luzuriaga,

The Commission adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock and 30 minutes antemeriadian on Saturday, February 8, 1913.

Attest:

GEO. C. SCHWEICKERT, Secretary.

Third Philippine Legislature.

Special Session of 1913.

JOURNAL OF THE COMMISSION.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1913.

The Commission met pursuant to adjournment. Present: Commissioners Gilbert, Worcester, Luzuriaga, Araneta, Palma, Sumulong, and Branagan.

Absent: The President.

Commissioner Gilbert in the Chair.

READING OF JOURNAL.

The Journal for Friday, February 7, 1913, was read and approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

MANILA, February 8, 1913.

GENTLEMEN: By virtue of the authority vested in me by Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, I hereby submit for the consideration of the special session of the Philippine Legislature, convened for the days February 6 to February 11, 1913, inclusive, the following matters: 1. Granting of franchises to electrict lighting companies.

2. Reduction of rate of interest payable by the Manila Railroad Company on Government loans.

3. Recording of mortgages or deeds of trust issued by corporations. 4. Creating of a permanent publicity organization and appropriation of funds therefor.

5. Amendment of Rate Regulation Law.

Respectfully,

To the PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

W. CAMERON FORBES,

Governor-General.

Ordered spread upon the Journal.